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Researcher & Lecturer @ Plymouth Uni School of Architectural - Exploring subaltern narratives & the multiplicity of space. twitter @richardbower

conflict as a positive

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Innovative funding model allows urban poor to determine their own future The first global fund to give poor people direct control over urban development spending is having more than just a local impact

Innovative funding model allows urban poor to determine their own future

The first global fund to give poor people direct control over urban development spending is having more than just a local impact

“An underdose of utopia can be as dangerous as an overdose,” says Reinier de Graaf

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The Art of Ark Building in Langrug, South Africa Premier of the Western Cape Province, Ms. Helen Zille, visited Langrug settlement to witness the progress made by the local community in partnership with Stellenbosch Municipality. ISN was introduced to Langrug after the municipality engaged the network, opening a year-long relationship-building window. Ever since, a full scale in-situ upgrade project has been launched, providing better service with minimal disruption to residents’ lives.

The Art of Ark Building in Langrug, South Africa

Premier of the Western Cape Province, Ms. Helen Zille, visited Langrug settlement to witness the progress made by the local community in partnership with Stellenbosch Municipality. ISN was introduced to Langrug after the municipality engaged the network, opening a year-long relationship-building window. Ever since, a full scale in-situ upgrade project has been launched, providing better service with minimal disruption to residents’ lives.

Sam Jacob - FAT

Museum of Copying, contribution of FAT to the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale. Interview with Sam Jacob. // by uncube

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Something & Son is a design practice rooted in a long history of British inquisitiveness and experimentation, applied to the creation of a more sustainable world. Our work reflects our varied backgrounds and shared passion for social enterprise, the environment, engineering and art. We like to create popular, provocative and witty work that tackles the big design and social challenges of our time. A keenness to collaborate has led us to work alongside swift experts, mushroom men, scrapyard merchants, farmers, scientists and sociologists. http://www.dezeen.com/2012/07/23/the-barking-bathhouse-by-something-son/

Our work reflects our varied backgrounds and shared passion for social enterprise, the environment, engineering and art.

We like to create popular, provocative and witty work that tackles the big design and social challenges of our time.

A keenness to collaborate has led us to work alongside swift experts, mushroom men, scrapyard merchants, farmers, scientists and sociologists.

http://www.dezeen.com/2012/07/23/the-barking-bathhouse-by-something-son/

Architects are drifting away from democracy

Are architects not into democracy? Civilian interference in the design process isn’t exactly welcomed by the profession. This ranges from moaning about interventions by non-professionals that complicate new projects to admiring the Chinese government for “getting things done”. There was the grimly funny story of Zaha Hadid Architects laying off architects because of “unforeseen events in North Africa”.

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Roma families in Romania ‘enclosed’ by new wall There has been controversy in two Romanian towns in which a large number of Roma gypsy people live - thanks to the building of walls which appear to separate the Roma from the wider community.

Roma families in Romania ‘enclosed’ by new wall

There has been controversy in two Romanian towns in which a large number of Roma gypsy people live - thanks to the building of walls which appear to separate the Roma from the wider community.

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mexico city

mexico city

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LITRE OF LIGHT

LITRE OF LIGHT

Alastair Parvin: Architecture for everyone, by anyone
Designer Alastair Parvin is the Co-creator of Wikihouse, an open-source construction set. He argues that there is an economics to architecture that we don’t think about, and realizing this can be a game changer.

Favela como Modelo Sustentável | Favela as a Sustainable Model


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Stuart McMillen - How trees work

Stuart McMillen - How trees work

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Explorative Canopy Trail by Yvonne Wengwins Foster + Partners Prize 2012 Architectural Association student Yvonne Weng has won the 2012 Foster + Partners Prize with designs that would allow scientists to live in the treetops of the Amazon rainforest.

Explorative Canopy Trail by Yvonne Weng
wins Foster + Partners Prize 2012

Architectural Association student Yvonne Weng has won the 2012 Foster + Partners Prize with designs that would allow scientists to live in the treetops of the Amazon rainforest.

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The refugee map of the world There were 800,000 new refugees in the world in 2011, according to the latest data out this week from the UNHCR. 2011 to have been a record year for forced displacement across borders, with more people becoming refugees than at any time since 2000. The data shows that:• Afghanistan still produces more refugees than any other country - 3,054,709 - followed by Iraq and Somalia• Côte d’Ivoire has seen a 270% increase in just one year, and Libya a 89.9% increase• 4.3 million people were newly displaced• In many countries, the majority of people “of concern” to the UNHCR are children aged under 18 - 72% in Eritrea, for example 

The refugee map of the world

There were 800,000 new refugees in the world in 2011, according to the latest data out this week from the UNHCR. 2011 to have been a record year for forced displacement across borders, with more people becoming refugees than at any time since 2000. The data shows that:
• Afghanistan still produces more refugees than any other country - 3,054,709 - followed by Iraq and Somalia
• Côte d’Ivoire has seen a 270% increase in just one year, and Libya a 89.9% increase
• 4.3 million people were newly displaced
• In many countries, the majority of people “of concern” to the UNHCR are children aged under 18 - 72% in Eritrea, for example